Science news articles about 'aging baby boomers'

  • Long-term care fraught with uncertainties for elderly baby boomers

    ... service agencies are preparing for the surge of aging baby boomers, an estimated seven out of 10 of whom ... equity raise the question of whether fewer baby boomers will be able to afford assisted living ...
  • A therapy for baby boomers to sleep on

    ... Life Sciences, may help America's aging baby boomers get the much-needed sleep ... biological functions differentiate between day and night. "As we age, the melatonin hormone signal weakens," says Prof. ...
  • An ID for Alzheimer's?

    (PhysOrg.com) -- Every aging baby boomer listens for the footsteps of Alzheimer's, and for good reason: It's estimated that 10 million American boomers will develop the disease. The need to develop ...
  • An ID for Alzheimer's?

    Every aging baby boomer listens for the footsteps of Alzheimer's, and for good reason: It's estimated that 10 million American boomers will develop the disease. The need to develop preventative ...
  • Road bikes relax a little

    ... A high- performance endurance road bike for aging baby boomers who rode a lot but didn't want to ... And they're no longer targeted only at big-mile boomers -- because, it turns out, riders of every age ...
  • 1 in 2 adults at risk for painful knee arthritis

    ... population of U.S. baby boomers. Nearly one in five U.S. adults (46 million people) ... arthritis. Coupled with sedentary lifestyles and an aging baby boomer population, we are facing a public health ...
  • Youths' drug of choice? Prescription

    ... four decades since the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, but aging baby boomers haven't stopped ... and Health, released earlier this month, finds that as boomers move into their 50s in large numbers, drug ...
  • Computer exercises improve memory and attention

    ... our abilities as we age." "This study has profound personal and public implications for aging baby boomers and their parents," said Joe Coughlin, PhD, Director of the AgeLab at the Massachusetts ...
  • Can mental training games help prevent Alzheimer's?

    Loss of thinking power is a fear shared by many aging baby boomers. That fear has resulted in a budding industry for brain training products - exercises such as Brain Age, Mindfit and My Brain Trainer ...
  • Shifts in consumer spending and saving will usher in a new economic era

    ... in the top fifth of the income distribution," Curtin said. "Consumers, especially the aging baby boomers, have expressed heightened concerns about their retirement savings. Most fear that if they do ...
  • Diabetes cases to double and costs to triple by 2034

    ... frequency of its costly complications. Much of the increase in cases and in costs will be driven by aging "baby boomers," the 77 million Americans born between 1946 and 1957 who are approaching the ...

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